Steam-separator.



c. ARMSTRONG. STEAM SEPARATOR.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 18' 1914.

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GUDELLAS ARMSTRONG, HOBART, OKLAHOMA.

STEAM-SEPARATOR.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CUonLLAs ARMSTRONG, citizen of the United States, residing at Hobart, in the county of Kiowa and State of Oklahoma, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Steam-Separators, of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to provide a simple and eflicient steam separator by the use of which the water entrained with the steam will be positively separated therefrom and returned to the boiler.

The invention seeks to provide a device for the stated purpose which may be applied to any boiler so that the steam transmitted to the engine or other point of use will be dry, and wear upon the engine or upon the radiators, due to the presence in the steam of impure water, will be avoided.

These stated objects and such other incidental objects as will appear from the following description are obtained in such a device as is illustrated in the accompanying drawings and the invention consists in certain novel features which will be particularly pointed out in the claims following the description.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved attachment; Fig. 2 is a transverse section of the same taken between the front wall of the casing and the near vanes or baffles; Fig. 3 is a vertical section taken on the line 33 of Fig. 2.

In carrying out my invention Iemploy a casing consisting of side walls 1 which may be integral with an arched top 2 as illustrated. These side walls and arched top are provided with flanges 3 along their edges and against the said flanges I secure the front wall 41 and the rear wall 5. A packing, indicated at 6, is interposed between the flanges 3 and the front and rear walls and suitable fastening bolts 7 are inserted through the flanges and the edges of the front and rear wallsto secure the parts together, stay bolts 8 being inserted through the flanges at intervals as shown most clearly in Fig. 1 to reinforce and strengthen the structure. The lower end of the casing is closed by a bottom plate 9 which is provided with flanges 10 at its edges and fastening bolts 11 are inserted through the said flanges and the lower ends of the front and rear walls to secure the parts together, the packing 6, of course, ex-

Specification of Iletters Patent.

Patented May 11, 1915.

Application filed June 18, 1914. Serial No. 845,957.

tending between the flanges 10 and the front and rear walls as shown in Fig. 3.

Within the casing constructed as just described, I arrange a crown or arched member 12 which is provided with a lateral flange 13 through which fastening bolts are inserted to secure the crown to the casing and the side walls of the crown terminate above the bottom 9 as shown at 14 in Fig. 3, the front and rear edges of the crown being in contact with the front and rear walls of the casing so that the fluid entering the casing will be deflected to the bottom of the same and can only escape through the bottom or from the top thereof after passing under the lower edges of the crown and then rising between the side walls of the casing and the side portions of the crown. The device is connected to the boiler by means of an inlet nipple 15 which is secured rigidly and with a fluid tight joint to the front wall of the casing below the top of the crown as shown clearly in Fig. 3, the said nipple being engaged in the outlet from the boiler as will be readily understood. Above the crown, in the rear wall of the casing, is secured an outlet nipple 16 which is connected in any convenient or preferred manner to the pipe leading to the engine or to the radiators when the device is applied to a heating plant. A third ni ple 17 is secured in and leads downward y through the bottom 9, and this nipple is connected to a conductor leading back to the boiler as will be readily understood.

To the upper arched portion of the crown I secure a plurality of vanes or baffles 18 which are arranged in staggered relation and directly in the path of the fluid issuing from the inlet nozzle 15. A single vane or baflie 18 is arranged immediately in line with the nozzle 15 and between the said vane and the rear wall of the casing I secure a pair of vanes which are disposed somewhat laterally of the first mentioned vane and between the said pair of vanes and the rear wall ofthe casing I provide a plurality of vanes which are arranged in staggered relation to the preceding vanes so that the steam and entrained water issuing from the nozzle 15 will be deflected by the vanes through the impact therewith and the steam and water will be separated. The vanes or baffles depend from the top of the crown to near the bottom of the casing and are V- shaped in horizontal section with their apeXes directed away from the inlet thereby presenting a trough-like surface to the inflowing steam and water so that said steam and water will be positively deflected and will meet extended surfaces down which the water will flow to escape through the outlet nozzle 17.

hen the device is applied to a steam boiler, steam with its entrained Water will flow from the boiler and through the nozzle 15 into the casing of the attachment. The steam entering the casing will tend to spread as it leaves the inlet and will impinge forcibly upon the sides of the crown and the several batlies or vanes. The baffies and the crown will deflect the fluid to the bottom of the casing and the water will be caught upon the said members and flow to the bottom and then out through the discharge nozzles 17 while the steam will pass under the lower edges 14 of the crown and then rise between the crown and the side walls of the casing to escape through the nozzle 16.- It will thus be seen that the steam carried to the engine or to the heating radiators will be dry and free of impuri= ties caused by the presence of mud or alkali in the water. The device is very simple and compact in its construction and may be applied to any boiler at a low cost. The water and steam will be effectually separated by the device and the Water returned to the boiler so that a supply of steam will be maintained at a low fuel cost.

Having thus described the invention what is claimed, is

I A steam separator comprising a vertically elongated casing having a steam inlet in its front; wall, a steam outlet in its rear Wall in a higher plane than the steam inlet and having a water outlet in its bottom, a wall of substantially U-form arranged within the casing, with its front and rear edges in contact with the front and rear walls of the casing, with its top spaced some distance from the top of the casing and disposed between the said steam inlet and steam outlet and with the sides spaced but a short distance from the sides of the casing and terminating at their lower ends a distance from the bottom of the casing and a plur'ality of baffles depending from the top of the U-shaped wall adjacent to said steam inlet and being spaced at their lower ends from the bottom wall of the casing.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GUDELLAS ARMSTRONG.

Witnesses G. H. SALiSBURY W. B; CUPPY.

@epies of this patent may beob'ta'i-ned fo'r five cents each by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, IL 0." 

